Jenkins to run Jmeter script

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Question is how to run a jmeter script using jenkins job. Is there any pre-requisites like standard variable names and all.

I have heard that there are different plugins, some can just execute the script as it is while some other can take inputs from gui as well as provides report as chart or graph.

Also some posts says first we need to create ant programs and then need to call them from jenkins.

If possible, please detail the exact procedure and suitable plugin.

Konstantin Dobroliubov Konstantin Dobroliubov · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-25T14:41:46

I use the following two methods:

You can run Jmeter in non-GUI mode using command line ("Execute Windows batch command" or "Execute Shell" build step in Jenkins job settings)

jmeter.bat -n -t path_to_your_jmx_script.jmx

Of course, you can do the same by launching Jmeter as a java application or within shell script.

By "Invoke Ant" build step. This method provides you all the benefits of ant. So, just include jmeter in appropriate ant target in your build.xml file. Here is an example (jvmarg and jmeterarg are not required):

<target name="test" depends="clean">
     <jmeter jmeterhome="${jmeter-home}"resultlogdir="results/jtl">
          <testplans dir="scripts" includes="*.jmx"></testplans>
          <jmeterarg value="-Jbackend=${env.Backend_Address}"/>
          <jvmarg value="-Xmx512m"/>    
          <jvmarg value="-Xdebug"/>
     </jmeter>
</target>

And that's how you can generate nice report:

<target name="report" depends="test">
     <xslt classpathref="xslt.classpath"
           basedir="results/jtl"
           destdir="results/html"
           includes="*.jtl"
           style="${jmeter-home}/extras/jmeter-results-detail-report_21.xsl">
           <param name="showData" expression="${show-data}"/>
    </xslt>    
    <copy file="${jmeter-home}/extras/expand.png" tofile="results/html/expand.png"></copy>
    <copy file="${jmeter-home}/extras/collapse.png" tofile="results/html/collapse.png"></copy>
</target>

Regarding Jenkins plugins - the only one I know (and use) is Performance Plugin that can mark your build as failed/passed based on Jmeter results and generate nice graphs.

Jenkins to run Jmeter script

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